 It is well settled that the master may conduct his business in his own way, although another method might be less hazardous; and the servant takes the risk of the more hazardous method as well, if he knows the danger attending the business in the manner...  Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of ... - Page 405by Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - 1889Full view - About this book
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 970 pages
...he can not recover on any other ground. Idem 272 15. Assumption of Risk — Known Hazards. — Where a servant knowing the hazards of his employment as the business is conducted, is injured while engaged therein, he can not recover merely on the ground that there was... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 710 pages
...Co. v. Sf'ehr, 145 111. 329.) In Pennsylvania Co. v. Backes, 133 111. 255, on page 262, it was said: "If a servant, knowing the hazards of his employment as the. business is conducted, is injured while engaged therein, he cannot maintain an action against the master for the... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 702 pages
...119 Mass. 412, " if not liable to one of its servants, who is capable of contracting for himself, and knows the danger attending the business in the manner in which it is conducted, for an injury resulting therefrom." Judgment for the defendant. WILLIAM M. BATES, administrator, vt.... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 912 pages
...Am. Rep. 331, "is not liable to one of its servants, who is capable of contracting for himself, and knows the danger attending the business in the manner in which it is conducted, for an injury resulting therefrom." Judgment for the defendant. BATES v. BARRY (125 Mags. 83.) Will... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1070 pages
...SC 15 NW KET. 806; and in other eases in this court, the rule of law is laid down and applied that if a servant, knowing the hazards of his employment as the business is conducted, is injured while engaged therein, he cannot maintain an action against his employer for... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 924 pages
...it is held that the master is not liable to a servant who is capable of contracting for himself, and knows the danger attending the business in the manner in which it is conducted, for an injury resulting therefrom. Lovejoy v. Boston & LRR, 125 Mass. 82; Ladd v. New Bedford R. Co.,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 1172 pages
...It, without being liable to one of his servants, who is capable of contracting for himself, and who knows the danger attending the business In the manner In which It is conducted. Priestley v. Fowler, 3 Mees. & W. 1; Ladd v. Railroad Co., 119 Mass. 412; Hay den т. Manufacturing... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 1310 pages
...of others, and is not liable to one of his servants, who is capable of contracting for himself and knows the danger attending the business in the manner In which It is conducted, for an injury resulting therefrom." " Labatt on Master and Servant, 84, and see cases cited in the... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 992 pages
...is held that the master is not liable to a servant, who is capable of contracting for himself, and knows the danger attending the business in the manner in which it is conducted, for an injury resulting therefrom: Lovejoy v. Boston and Lowell RR Co., 125 Mass. 82; 28 Am. Rep. 206;... | |
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